During her visit at the Riga Ukrainian School yesterday, Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma (Unity) told the students her impressions following her visit to Ukraine last weekend, the State Chancellery informed LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...

Students at the Riga Ukrainian High School are getting used to new classmates arriving from the homeland in mid-year as more families relocate here from war-torn Ukraine, worried about their future there. Meanwhile, education is what Latvia’s government is planning to offer Ukraine as it faces its veritable existential crisis under pressure...

The 16th convoy of the Russian Emergencies Ministry carrying humanitarian aid for Donbas citizens has departed for Ukraine, the ministry’s press service said on Tuesday, TASS reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...

Ukrainian state energy firm Naftogaz Tuesday accused Russia’s Gazprom of failing to supply gas that Kiev has paid for in advance. Moscow last week began supplying gas directly to the separatist regions for the first time, saying Ukraine had cut back supplies to regions held by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source:...

Russian consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor has suspended all imports of “Wesoła Krówka” cheese from Poland, saying the product does not meet the requirements of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Russia banned other Western food imports in August in response to the EU’s Ukraine sanctions on Russia. …read more...

Speaker of Parliament Radosław Sikorski has said that the conflict in eastern Ukraine is in a sense a battle already lost for President of Russia Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...

PRESSURE GROWS ON RIFKIND TO STEP DOWNSir Malcolm Rifkind is under pressure to quit his role chairing the Intelligence and Security Committee after he was filmed allegedly offering to use his influence for cash and claiming he does not receive a salary. Former committee chair Kim Howells said it would be “difficult” for Rifkind to keep the post....